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[–] bleistift2@sopuli.xyz 5 points 2 months ago (5 children)

Well, where would such content go? I agree these things don’t fit the definition of a meme. But they aren’t jokes either. And there’s no c/randomFunnyStuff.

If you removed everything that isn’t a perfectly pure meme, this community would be very empty.

[–] slothrop@lemmy.ca 14 points 2 months ago (2 children)

...and, how does it become a meme without being posted as one...?

[–] dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

That's like having c/sayings and people just write shit in it: "well how can it become a saying if we don't treat it like one!" That makes no sense. It's not for making sayings, it's for things that ARE sayings.

There are things in the category already and the community, based on the name, should be for that.

I would recommend c/memematerial to be born to fill the niche you're discussing.

Edit: lol downvote if youre 12 and you have some pictures of text we just have to see.

[–] CyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 months ago

If you find the screenshot quote funny and memeable, make a meme out of it and post it here. But the screenshot itself is too little.

[–] CyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Well, where would such content go? I agree these things don’t fit the definition of a meme. But they aren’t jokes either. And there’s no c/randomFunnyStuff.

https://lemmy.world/comment/21240390

If you removed everything that isn’t a perfectly pure meme, this community would be very empty.

I mean, is demanding some effort and quality really asking too much? If this community was empty withouth non-meme posts, does it deserve to be a meme community?

[–] mika_mika@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

People are lazy and meme communities are bigger so obviously they are going to post whatever content to the larger community for engagement. It's not any more complicated than that. As long as meme communities are bigger and accept non-memes they will continue to be posted to appeal to the lowest common denominator.

[–] BlueKey@fedia.io 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Maybe a Greentext-like community could be created, but for general funny or odd texts from the internet?

[–] davidagain@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

!microblogmemes@lemmy.world

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Well, where would such content go?

Wherever the picture-of-text memes go. The content is unchanged, the form should change.

[–] davidagain@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

There's a microblog memes community.